Topic: Place Text on Line

[MSTG007]

I would like to go from 50 linetypes to 1 if i can.

All lines are the same... continous!

and they desc. water ex. 12" water or 8" water or 3" etc...

i was wondering if i can change the SIZE value of a line rather than have several lines of sizes ...

is this possible?....  it would save time right?

[Keith™]

huh?
What kind of lines can you assign a size to?
Where can I get some?

you CAN change the width of a polyline to 12" or 8" or 3" .....

or are you merely talking about a line that has text designations to identify the thickness of the line. If that is the case then you CAN emulate something like that using a reactor, groups, and a really huge linetype scale.

[MSTG007]

yup second choice....

If i can have one linetype

on that line i can edit the text to it.

on that one line... it may be a PLINE going any which direction but connected... and have the text on it. but the text like a linetype. needs to be ever 5 feet intervals.

and when i edit the text on the line... all of the text on that line updates with it.


does that make sense?

[Big G]

can you not attach the data to the line in Map?

[MSTG007]

does anyone know how too?

[Gliderider]

In Land Desktop--
Lines/Curves  ----> Special Lines...

It's hard to edit tho.

[MSTG007]

I can do that... but its not one line... its seperate entities

good suggestion though

[MSTG007]

can you have LINE and attach a block to it.... and it be all one entitity?

[Big G]

MSTG
Are you for example trying to draw watermains with the size of the main attached to the line? ie.6" 4"?

Here is a line to a Mapinfo drawing which has data attached to a line. Each line represents a sewer or manhole and in turn each is linked back to a database table where material, diameter, invert levels etcetc. are stored?

http://www.theswamp.org/lilly_pond/Big_G/Highlighted%20text.JPG?nossi=1

Is this what you were hinting at?

Big G